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• 25 November 2011

• News: Germany's Merck wants Facebook page back

  Germany's Merck KGaA has threatened legal action after it said it lost its Facebook page apparently to rival Merck & Co. in the U.S., though it has yet to identify defendants in the case.

• 24 November 2011

• News: UBS rogue trader Adoboli delays plea

  Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli will not enter a plea for at least a month on the alleged rogue trading case that led to the bank losing £1.3. billion, a London court heard yesterday.

• News: ISPs can't be forced to monitor traffic for copyright infringement, ECJ rules

  In what some consider to be a landmark decision, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that forcing Internet service providers (ISPs) to monitor consumer traffic in order to block copyright infringement is incompatible with European Union laws.

• News: EU Commission sends final warning to members to implement new telecom rules

  The European Commission has issued an ultimatum to European Union countries that haven't implemented telecoms rules set out in the Better Regulation Directive and the Citizens' Rights Directive, giving them two months comply or face court actions and fines, according to a Commission spokesman.

• Video: Video: Special holiday gift guide

  Join us this week on World Tech Update for our special holiday gift guide where we take a look at tablets, e-readers, gaming and more.

• News: AT&T says T-Mobile deal isn't dead yet, but sets aside $4B for break-up fee

  AT&T will continue to seek antitrust clearance for its merger with rival T-Mobile USA, it said Thursday. However, to reflect the break-up fee it will have to pay T-Mobile's owner Deutsche Telekom if the deal does not get regulatory approval, AT&T expects to recognize a US$4 billion [b] accounting charge in the fourth quarter.

• News: Hungarian hacks Marriott's systems to blackmail for job

  A Hungarian citizen has pleaded guilty to stealing confidential information from the computers of Marriott International, and threatening to reveal the information if the hotel chain did not offer him a job maintaining the company's computers, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

• 23 November 2011

• News: Spectrum clash builds around bionic implants

  The battle over scarce radio spectrum that has embroiled the mobile broadband world even extends to a little-known type of wireless network that promises to reconnect the human nervous system with paralyzed limbs.

• News: FBI, DHS say no evidence of a hack in an Illinois water district pump failure

  The FBI and Department of Homeland Security say they can't find evidence to confirm any of the story that an Illinois water authority's SCADA network was hacked and that it resulted in burning out a pump in the system.

• News: Will Congress crush tech spending?

  The failure of the Congressional Super Committee to reach a deficit reduction agreement triggers automatic federal spending cuts beginning the next fiscal year, which will likely make a lot of government IT contractors nervous.

• Opinion: AT&T Hits FCC Roadblock on Path to Acquire T-Mobile

  The FCC held a hearing this week to investigate the proposed acquisition of T-Mobile by wireless rival AT&T. The end result is that the deal does not have the support of the FCC.

• News: Court rules that HP's Hurd investigation document can remain secret

  A document tied to an internal Hewlett-Packard sexual harassment investigation of former CEO Mark Hurd will remain sealed, according to a ruling handed down this week by the Delaware Supreme Court.

• News: Nokia Siemens to slash 17,000 jobs worldwide

  Struggling network infrastructure vendor Nokia Siemens Networks is planning to cut 17,000 jobs worldwide, as it aims to cut €1 billion (US$1.35 billion) from its costs by the end of 2013, the company said Wednesday.

• News: Western Digital hard-disk drive takeover approved, with conditions

  Western Digital will be allowed to take over Hitachi’s hard disk drive business, but only if it sells off a 3.5-inch hard disk drive production plant.

• News: Mind mapping is more about collaborative work management: Mindjet

  Mind mapping is in the midst of a shift away from its traditional roots and is increasingly focused on being more about collaborative work management, a vendor has claimed.

• News: Nokia Siemens to slash 17,000 jobs worldwide

  Struggling network infrastructure vendor Nokia Siemens Networks is planning to cut 17,000 jobs worldwide, as it aims to cut €1 billion (US$1.35 billion) from its costs by the end of 2013, the company said Wednesday.

• News: SAP could benefit from social networking company acquisition

  Enterprise software giant SAP could be close to buying a social networking company, according to Constellation Research analyst Ray Wang.

• News: Computerworld 25 years: IBM, INCIS and the internet

  In 1990 when I joined Computerworld, the hottest technology on the market was probably the recently released IBM 486 personal computer.

• News: Computerworld 25 years: Possible futures

  Ubiquitous. Pervasive. Subtle. That's how consultant Chris O'Connell describes technology in 25 years time.

• News: iOS developers take out $10k prize at iOS vs Android Hackathon event

  A team of Australian iOS developers have won $10,000 for their health focused app ‘Medic’, which provides non-urgent medical advice to users not needing to call 000.

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